Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-06
ancnt the Quecn.s JubiIec.


&ncnt the Queens Jubilee.
Mrs. John Sherwood, writing from Lon
don to the New Yorl; World of the Queens
jubilee, says:
"At about II o'clocl, the proce' 'ion ap-
peared, a few detacfm Of the Life
Guards, splendid, on horseback, then the
colored people, for they sent the Indian
princes and Queen Kapioleni aud suite fist.
The Indian princes were mass of color,
colored silker turbans, 81 over wrought
with rubes and emeralds and gold stufs of
Samarcaud, agate and turquoise and alman-
dine, barbaric pearl aud gold, Kapiolani
was quite gorgeous. Then came rather
disappointing interval, for the kings and
queens rolled by in covered carriages Some
one suggested that all this WIS premedita-
ted TO give new eclat to the next cortege,
and heard that the ever popular Princess
Mary of Teck was furious at being sent in
a closed carriage However, the equipages
were splendid as they rolled by, eli scarlet
and gold and with no end OF fine hol5es.
Then came another group OF household
troops on such shining black chargers that
one felt as If the skin of 8 horse might be-
come al mirror Then long and tediorsinter-
yal.which should have been filled in by sailors
and soldiers and g pageant Of some kind.
Then the prettiest sight of all-the royal
hun5m preceding the three sons of the
Queen. This group of princes on horseback
w9s the most exquisite thing in the world
the ever.popular Wales, in gorgeors array,
and his brothers and sons. This made ps
all cry, that there was Queen with such
house. al as this had heard, and from one
of her ladies, that she said herself sit will
be very pretty | wish | cord see 1T N.Y.
SELF The three piinces abreF If the Duke
Of Edinburgh and the Dixie of Connaught
on either side of the Prince OF Wales-it was
beaut. H. The Crown Prince Of Germany
wss by far the most glorious warrior Of them
all in pale suit of white a medieval cos
tune, he looked as if he had stepped out of
one Of Albert Durer's draw -ngs perfect
Geir N knight of the middle ages. The
Grand Duke Sers u.s. married to one OF the
Queens granddaughters, and accrsed by the
gossips, il is said, of whipping his wife, was
very picturesque, with q white cloG'l hang
ing from his shoulders. | did not believe,
when saw how handsome he looked, that
ne could whip his Y -ie.
~ suppose there were thirty men in this
cortege of princes, all 81 splendid s. they
could be. 1t wasa picture for Rubens to
paint no other pencil could have done it
Justice. Then came q state carriage, six OF
them-in which were the ladies of the
household o1d the great officers, the Lord
Chamberlain, Lord Lathom, with his long,
white beard, being conspicuous Tnen the
two pretty daughters of the Prince OF
Wales they have grow pretty within
YEAR in simple dresses Of blue and white
gauza over silk, aud opposite them the
dearest little boy in Scotch costume, who
bowed with greatest consistency to the crowd.
This we9 Prince Alfred of Edinburgh,
charming child, and as he pulled of his lit.
tle cap aud bowed ike good boy" f7d
seemed SO respectful gnd ples7ed [ think
every womau's heart wa. ned 10 him. Then
came the Queens daughters, ell beautifully
dressed, nd her grsrdd9ughters, end then
the Queen
Six little white ponies, covered With
scarlet and gold, looking like the circus,
with q groom at the head OF each, INF r"rlet,
drew the scorlet barouche which held the
Queen. She really looked very pref
| ty ia her white lace bonnet, bril-
liant diamonds interspersed il the lace
and pinned With an fuol nous bril-
| liant. & white sud black lace dress and
| bla"b, lace pare sol over white. By her side
lay u large bou1ue+ of flowers, with the let
ter 4 in red roses. Opposite her sat the
Princess of Wales and the Grow i Primo 'ss
of Gel many. Here again ws7 bit of bed
chsmber gossip, which give 70. what it is
| WORTH do not know how much. She had
at fit arranged to have the Grow 4 Princess
sit by her side, but it is rruored that the
Prince of Wales thought his wife, the lItrre
Queen. should sit there, aud there are ru-
mors that there was scene. But who
knows? 1t wcs earra1ged, and the two
ladies, who, it is said, do not like each other
over well, sat side by side. the Princess
of Wales looked rad amt, : she always does
1.-THE Queen bowed repeatedly, but not
too low. 1t was sort of gracious sway'ng
of the head, and as she p sed my field OF
vision she noticed a poor woman carried
away on stretcher. She looked back long
and anxiously at this poor creature, one of
the many victims of the crowd. Behind
her were the two Scotch gillies-one a
brother of the famous John Brown-and
then followed few troops aud then-ail
WIS over"
Delicate Disef aes, affecting male
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